Naledi Hlefane

Entrepreneurship is an essential practice, the necessity of which has been amplified by the volatile job market since the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic. This was the consensus during the inter-university student panel discussion which took place at the Appalachian, Zululand Entrepreneurship Development (AZED) Conference on Tuesday, 15 August 2023. The panel comprised four students […]

In order to achieve full and equal access to and participation in science for women and girls, and further achieve gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, the University of Zululand’s (UNIZULU) Department of Mathematical Sciences recently hosted the 2nd Girls in Control Workshop at its Science Centre. The goal of the Girls […]

A warm winter’s day, buses packed to capacity and smartly clad matric learners with aspirations and the perfect dose of curiosity. This sums up the first day of the 2023 University of Zululand (UNIZULU) Open Day – a destination for many high schools in the King Cetshwayo, iLembe, Zululand, and Umkhanyakude district municipalities. The UNIZULU […]

The University of Zululand (UNIZULU) applauds two of its student netball players, Silindokuhle Mazibuko and Asanda Mdolomba, for their excellent performance during the recent University Sports South Africa (USSA) tournament that was held at Stellenbosch University, Western Cape. The two players formed part of the UNIZULU netball squad that competed in Division A of the […]

The University of Zululand (UNIZULU) is hosting the 28th South African Sociological Association (SASA) conference. The event, which will be held for three days, commenced on Wednesday, 5 July and will end on Friday, 7 July 2023 at the KwaDlangezwa Campus. In 1993, members of South Africa’s sociological community from various ethnic groups got together […]

The year 2023 marked the first time the University of Zululand’s (UNIZULU) Department of Creative Arts obtained the Standard Bank Ovation Award at the National Arts Festival, which was recently held in Makhanda (formerly known as Grahamstown) in Eastern Cape. The National Arts Festival has long been a highlight on South Africa’s cultural calendar. It’s […]

The long-awaited South African Institute of Physics conference (SAIP) 2023 commenced on Monday, 3 July, at the University of Zululand’s (UNIZULU) Richards Bay Campus. According to Professor Thulani Jili who chairs the conference organising committee, SAIP “is the biggest physics conference in the country which attracts physicists across the globe”. The conference began with the […]

Load shedding: a proudly South African term that describes a state that has become the bane of every citizen’s existence. We beg your pardon if, by merely reading those two infamous words, your emotions have flared. Honestly, this reaction is understandable. If the power-cuts don’t trigger frustration due to the inability to perform a work […]

As part of the University of Zululand’s (UNIZULU) celebration of excellence, Vice-Chancellor and Principal Professor Xoliswa Mtose acknowledges and recognises academic staff for their outstanding research, teaching and learning, and community engagement endeavours.  In the University’s vision for 2022-2027, excellence is defined as the discovery and pursuit of excellence through teaching, learning, research, and innovation. […]

Scientifically, we refer to physical wellness as physical fitness which may be defined as the ability of our body systems to work together efficiently to allow one to perform daily activities. Today’s society is obsessed with being thin and we often associate being thin with being healthy or being physically fit. This is untrue, a […]